Due to pupular demand, anyone is welcome to my workshop “How to Create Fast, Free and Almost Perfect Cover Letters Using Artificial Intelligence”.
Does that sound complex? It isn’t.
Save time, create coverletters that are already integrated with the contents of your CV and the job advertisement. That isn’t the end of the story because you also need to “make the content your own”. I will show you that step as well.
Useful for any role, any country, any company. There is no fee. All job seekers are welcome this Friday at 8:15AM New Zealand time, which is 9:15PM this Thursday Central African Time. Just register for free to see the time in your own time zone.
Please be aware of the template rejection letters. They all say the same thing. Due to the high volume of spam CVs from overseas, employers usually respond with templates to all foreigners who don’t make the shortlist.
These templates are sent out hundreds or even thousands of times a month, depending on the size of the company and its volume of foreign applicants. There is usually only one version, suggesting things like “must have work rights” or “must have local Kiwi experience”.
Most job seekers have received template rejection letters. They usually in your inbox after you apply for a job with nice words and a promise to “keep your CV on file in case a suitable position becomes available”. I doubt they even read your CV.
This is how employers manage the problem of too many spam CVs. To avoid this dead end, job seekers need to get personal responses typed out from employers if they want to get job interviews.
A personal response from an employer will not be a long letter. They have no time for that. They usually give you a few short sentences and a question or two. Without this, you have not really received feedback from your application. You can usually ignore standard rejection letters and assume that there has been no response.
Over many years I have been studying how often foreigners receive personalise responses from hiring managers. I estimate this rate is about 2%. In contrast, my clients get 80% personalised responses from their recruitment efforts because we do things differently. I have to verify the profile first and then I can get started.
Do you have any rejection letter experiences to share?
Now anyone can access artificial intelligence as a support tool to empower your job-finding success today. I take you step-by-step through the process in this video. This is the latest artificial technology, avilable at no cost.
I asked OpenAI to give me the top 10 reasons why job-seekers should use ChatGPT. Here is what that this “turbo calculator” wrote:
Tailor your cover letter to the specific job posting
Highlight your qualifications
Make your cover letter stand out
Demonstrate your enthusiasm
Address any gaps or issues
Show your personality
Highlight your achievements
Avoid common mistakes
Provide feedback and revisions
Increase your chances of getting an interview.
I can’t say it is all true but I can say this is a great tool for saving time and assisting your writing efforts. Please always take ownership of the language of your profile text. Employers expect job seekers to be the originator of their presentation content. To have an AI engine or a CV writer do the work for you is not authentic and can feel deceptive to the employer. As long as you take ownership of 100% of the language and meaning, then you are going to be fine 🙂
Changes to the partner work visa coming in April 2023.
In the past, partners of primary visa holders were given an open work visa. In April, this privilege will be taken away according to Immigration New Zealand.
Why is this change happening?
“The number of partners of temporary migrant workers coming to New Zealand grew significantly in the years prior to COVID-19… While partners of temporary migrant workers work in a variety of roles across New Zealand, they tend to be concentrated in lower-paying sectors… [I]t is important that we ensure the integrity of the system by recruiting for genuine skill shortages for both the primary applicant and their partners.”
Or plan on one breadwinner for the family for a while, perhaps until residency is received. Rules won’t be announced until February 2023 (according to the link above)
Disclaimer – Nothing in this message is intended to be immigration advice. If you require immigration advice, seek information from the website of Immigration New Zealand or from a licensed immigration agent.
Have you ever heard someone say: “You have to be in New Zealand to find work”? This is incomplete and potentially harmful advice because it is missing an effective strategy.
Why is this statement literally untrue?
Because many people are getting hired online. For those people, the flight into NZ includes a work visa in their hand. For example 80% of my clients are hired online today. Therefore, the above statement is not true.
Why is this statement potentially harmful?
I sometimes receive calls from migrant job-seekers who came to New Zealand because someone told them that they need to be in New Zealand to find work. Then when their arrive, they discover that making meetings is not automatically easier. Employers still need to be contacted, be interested, and be motivated enough to make an invitation. Only a few migrants realise how much can be achieved in the migrant’s home country.
What other bad advice is out there?:
1) You need to find an accredited employer to find work – not true 2) You need to hire an agent to get work – not true 3) You need to be on a shortage list, critical skills or green list to find work – not true 4) You need to be in New Zealand in order to find work – not true
The above statements often cause unnecessary delays and confusion but the truth offers a simple approach. It is all about the job offer. When you have a valid job offer, all of the other aspects of migration will unfold naturally from that point. The job offer is the most important part of a successful migration effort because the job enables the work visa, the income, residency compliance, professional opportunity, quality of lifestyle, people networks, etc…
How can good planning bring success to job finding efforts?
Let’s be honest, finding a job in a new country is a big challenge. Most people find it stressful just to change jobs within a home country, but foreign job seekers are changing not only their jobs, but also their country, their home, leaving behind friends and family to find a new life in a new culture with their partner and children forever. A project of this size and this importance surely deserves to have an excellent, well-considered plan.
Stepping into momentum without any initial risk
I have been giving migrants insights and advice about the NZ and Australian job markets for over 14-years. In that time, I have learned how to succeed with about every role, industry and region imaginable. I offer this to job seekers in support of a successful journey. If you want to have helpful feedback in support of your job finding efforts, just send your CV to my email at tate@employmentforimmigraiton.nz – I will help you map out your journey home, or at least provide initial direction at no cost.
Every Job-seeker has a unique and customised strategy – The hiring decision depends on two people: 1) the job-seeker and 2) the hiring manager. Both have needs that match and both benefit from a good hiring decision. The job market is just a collection of hiring decisions.
If you can answer these 3 questions successfully, you will get work. You will be successful at finding work in any country, any industry, any role. My system and support uses universal principles that apply to any competitive job market.
If you want to attend this 10-part Mini Course at no cost, I just need to see your CV and if you could also let me know your immigration status and goals, I will respond within a day.
The #1 problem of finding work abroad is getting into initial conversations with employers. For most people, the efforts are too high, and the results are too low.
When this challenge is overcome there is another challenge that may seem a bit surprising to some people. It is something I call the “Hope Trap”.
What is the Hope Trap? That is when a job seeker decides to stop looking for work as soon as one meeting is scheduled with one employer.
From the job seeker’s point of view, it makes sense. They have so much weight on their shoulders. The immigration process is time consuming and expensive and risky. Migrants sometimes want the job search to be finished, so when there is a slight chance of getting hired, it is tempting to stop a successful effort and “hope” that this future meeting will result in the perfect job offer.
The way to avoid the “Hope Trap” is to continue job finding until a contract is signed. This is exactly what the employers are doing when they look for candidates.
If you or someone you know is tempted to stop looking for work when a meeting has been arranged with an employer, tell that person to continue because “the game isn’t over until you win!”
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